Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has ordered start of work without delay on the Nullah Lai Expressway and ring road projects in Rawalpindi.
Presiding over a meeting to review the schemes, he noted with satisfaction that about Rs64 billion would saved in the expressway project whose outlay had previously been estimated at Rs110 billion but would now be completed at Rs46 billion.
Saving public money and transparency should be ensured while executing the Rawalpindi Ring Road project, he stressed and added that the people's convenience should also be kept in mind. Public interest should reign supreme instead of land owners' stakes, the CM asserted and reiterated that early completion of both schemes should be ensured for the convenience of the citizens of Rawalpindi.
Other roads will also be constructed and revamped to solve the traffic problems.
The chief minister said a proposal of building houses for the poor affected by projects would also be weighed.
The government is also going to initiate a water supply scheme for residents of Rawalpindi and Murree tehsil, he disclosed.
Earlier, the chief minster was briefed that the Nullah Lai Expressway will be built for Rs46 billion instead of Rs110 billion.
Provincial Minister Mohammad Basharat Raja, former Planning and Development Board chairman Salman Ghani, the CM's Principal Secretary Mohammad Khan Bhatti, senior member of the Board of Revenue, the P&D Board chairman, secretaries of communications and works, housing and finance and commissioner of Rawalpindi attended the meeting.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 9th, 2022.
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